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What don't you like about it? Keep in mind, governmental buildings today usually have to be built with a certain degree of architectural restraint so as not to draw criticism of being a wasteful expenditure of public funds.

One of the things I love about the Midwest are those warm dark bars you can crawl into on a freezing cold night and enjoy some high carb food and great beer. I would love to visit Minneapolis myself sometime but I have no family or friend connections there at all.

Nice to see rail transit being embraced more and more throughout the USA. Also, those commuter trains look so unbelievably clean and new... you could eat off the roof of one of those!

Maybe check Craigslist.com and see if anyone is looking for a short-term roommate?

Finished strong with The Postal Service... very nice!

LOL, my Columbus geography is getting a little hazy as time goes by. You're correct Kingfish.

For sure. The amount going on as a whole right now in DT Columbus is pretty amazing considering how little happened in the decade plus I lived in Columbus.

You're playing in some fun parts of town!

Damn those are cheap rents for downtown living!

I think you're wrong on this one. That looks like the Atlas Building on the right hand side, which would indicate this photo was taken looking south from in front of the statehouse.

An UrbanOhio ancestor's photos! I agree with Rob... don't see much street level urban photography from that era. Really fascinating stuff! On a side note, the amount of quality historic architecture that's been torn down in Columbus is downright criminal.

Nice to see what can happen when people take pride in their surroundings.

Yet another part of Columbus I had never heard of in my decade+ living there. Thanks for sharing!

Great idea for a thread Ink. I never attended a historic school as I went through the Hilliard system which is all fairly new. LOVE East High School in Columbus architecturally... but I definately wouldn't want to attend classes there!

^ This is pretty common these days. See it happening all over LA.

Wonder what ever happened to the poster Summit Street who photographed all the Ohio courthouses? I liken this site to my morning coffee.

Very enjoyable, thanks Ink!

It's unfair to discount Columbus as just having a couple nice neighborhoods. Do you realize how big of a chunk of the city German Village, Grandview Heights, Victorian Village, Marble Cliff, Bexley, Harrison West, Italian Village, Short North, Old Town East, etc occupy? For a city its size, I've never seen a city with as many intact, safe, historic neighborhoods.

Doesn't look too bad! I'd love to visit Texas sometime and see some of these cities in person.

Never would have imagined this photo thread would inspire this conversation!

Yeah, 25 and windy is not good at all. When I visited it was in the high 30's low 40's most of the time with calm winds. Excellent photography weather!

Saw this in person last week and was impressed... Columbus is really making some progress filling the holes downtown.

Not a frequentally photographed city... thanks for sharing!

Carew Tower looks awesome in those photos!

Cincinnati Beautiful Eden Park One of these things is not like the others A statue to remind the ducks what will happen if they get out of line Mount Adams Columbus Ohio Stadium Mirror Lake OSU's amazing renovated library OSU's new psych building University Hall The Oval Page Hall Orton Hall New Ohio Union North Market German Village